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Delegation from Carter Centre to
assess registration process
Accra, Oct. 27, Ghanadot/GNA - A Carter Centre delegation
will visit Ghana from October 27–31 to assess the ongoing
difficulties and irregularities with voter registration
processes and other concerns ahead of the December 7
presidential and parliamentary elections.
The group include Carter Centre Vice President for Peace
Programs, Dr John Stremlau, former Canadian Assistant Chief
Electoral Officer, Ron Gould, elections operations expert
Glenn Cowan, and Carter Centre Assistant Director of the
Democracy Program John Marsh.
They will meet with the Electoral Commission, political
actors, representatives of civil society and the media.
This was contained in a release issued by the Carter Centre
to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Monday.
“The Carter Centre remains concerned about the deterioration
of public confidence in the elections process and the
potential for violence, but we are hopeful that significant
improvement can still be made before December 7,” the
release said.
Dr. Stremlau said in the release: “We look forward to
hearing from the political leadership and other
decision-makers who can give us first-hand information.”
The delegation’s visit is part of the Centre’s ongoing
support to Ghana’s efforts to conduct peaceful, credible and
transparent democratic elections.
Nine Carter Centre long-term observers have been deployed
throughout Ghana to monitor campaigning and other political
activities since early September. They will be joined by a
50-person delegation closer to Election Day.
GNA
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